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Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
MEDIEVAL KNIGHT'S BRONZE 'PEMBROKE EARLS OF VALENCE' HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.15 grams, 39 mm).
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.15 grams, 39 mm).
Heater-shaped with pierced lug above, enamel-filled heraldic design to obverse; variant of the arms of Valence blazoned 'barruly or and azure an orle of martlets gules'. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Nutley, Hampshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the pendant titled A Frenchman at the English Court by I.H. Szymansk.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
The Valence arms feature horizontal blue and white stripes, while the present mount is reconstructed with blue and yellow.
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